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FARCICAL FLEET.

SQUADRON THAT REFUSES TO FIGHT.

Chefoo, Aug. 25,

The antics of

the Northern

P. I. "PARLIAMENT.”

COOLIDGE NOT DISPOSED TO CHANGE,

President

Rapid City, S.D., Sept. 2. It was regarded as unlikely Navy have always been the sub- here to-day that ject of sarcastic comment from Coolidge would be disposed to the Shantung population whose consider a change in the form opinion of it at this time is that of government in the Philip- It should be scrapped and sold pines. as junk. From inability to put

No word has been sent to the to sea in rough weather and re- President regarding a movement fusal to meet the much inferior of a semi-parliamentary form of Southern Squadron, to bicker-government there--Associated inga among its officers in res. Press. pect of the division of 'filthy lucre, it has earned for itself

a most unenviable reputation.

Nathing from Gilmore.

Washington, Sept. 2. And now, to cap the story,, we The War Department to-day have the spectacle of a port not said that it had received nothing more than 110. miles away, from from acting Governor-General Tsingtao that is bandit infest-Gilmore regarding the proposed ed, and yet the commanders of establishment of a semi-parlia the Northern Navy are afraid mentary form of government to take any action. Ships are in the Philippines.-Associated boarded in Haichow and passen Press, gers and officers carried off for ransom, us witness the case of the. Japanese steamer "Ping Chun," and nothing is done to put an end to these nefarious

activities.

All that the Admiral cares for is his monthly stipend, and his share of such "squeezes" as are levied from time to time upon the commercial bodies.

Guevara Against It.

Washington, Sept. 8. Commissioner Pedro Guevara to-day expressed opposition to the semi-parliamentary form of government for the Philippines under discussion in Manila. The Commissioner said that he had come across no indications in Washington of official com- The Chinese Navy has always munication between Washington had extraordinary conceptions and the Insular officials as re- of its duties. Its units have'

ported from Manila, done things worthy of pirates

and smugglera, ignoring inter- Explaining why he did not national laws and repudiating favour the proposed change,

the Central Gov- Guevara said: allegiance to

"I believe it cannot be done ernment. It has been known to: dcclare independence on more for, it goes against the political than one occasion, thereby creat- institutions of the United States. ing the spectacle of a fleet with- If any plan of this sort were out a country! But the North- accomplished it would be a mere ern Squadron has been the administrative policy without greatest scandal. It does not Congressional action. Any Con- even know the International gressional action should be in Naval Code. It flies all kinds of line with the presidential sys. signals, according to its own tem of government, with which fancies and whims It either the American people are familiar. fails to return salutes or takes To establish the British type of hours to return them. Its best government in the Philippines speed is about 5% knots, and it it barnacle-beladen from stem to

stern.

FRENCH GIRL.

STARTLING VIEWS ON

AMERICANS.

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Paris, Aug. 16. Frenchmen, who thought that all Americans at home "toted revol- vers, now have been told that the revolver has given way to a flask of whisky in the hip pocket.

This is the message concerning America brought back by Mademoi- selle Roberte Cussey, just returned from Galveston, Texas, where she represented the French Republic in the international beauty pageant, Mademoiselle Cussey spoke kindly of Americans and their hospitality toward her, but French reporters found that the representative of

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MR. DOLE.

HEARTBROKEN OVER LOSS OF LIFE.

San Francisco, Sept. 6. Mayor James Rolph to-day issu- ed an appeal to citizens of the Bay Cities to give generously of flowers cast over the surging Pacific, a last tribute to the daring fliers who lost their lives in the Dole Contest flight Special tribute will be paid to the memory of Miss Mildred Doran, pretty and adventurous school teacher who vanished together with, the airplane bearing her name,

to Honolulu.

DIVORCE HAVEN.

PARIS LOSES ITS REPUTATION.

Paris, Aug. 25.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1927.

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General Chang Yin-huai, acting Our barbers are

Paris is. losing its reputation as the paradise for American divorces.

Many of the scores of American Minister of Communications re-experts in Bobbing. which will form, scattered broad-wives and husbands-mostly the gently lasued orders to the four Shingling and Wav-

former-who are arriving at Cher-Government Railways as well as the ing.

Administration CAMPBELL MOORE bourg and Havre this summer to Chinese Postal Paris courts in ending their un-measures of retrenchment in their 19, Queen's Road C. Tel. C: 151 seek the aid of the sympathetic ordering the Directors to devise likely to return respective administrations, on ac happy state, are

the Government. home disillusioned, determined to count of the financial dificulties of pick out Rena, the next time.

The Peking-Mukden administra- For the Paris tribunals, hurt, by the reputation that American tion, of which General Chang is divorces have brought them are be-the concurrent Director, in reply coming less and less sympathetic reports the dismissal of 3! foreign Dole, Broken Hearted. Simultaneously with the issuances regards the marital troubles of employees, Including Mr. Ritchie as of Mayor Rolph's appeal there ar- American couples. Paris judges well as the foreign chief electrician are demanding proof of a real re- of the railway works at Tongshan, rived in San Francisco a broken sidence in France and a longer so- Mr. Bates and also 40 Chinese em- man, accompanied by his family.

The foreign medical officer of He is James Dole, Hawaiian pine-journ before accepting sults in ployees of various grades. apple king who light-heartedly of-

Another annoyance has arisen for the P.M. Line in Peking and three fered a large cash prize as what he believed would be a stimulus prospective. American divorces in foreign female shorthand clerks of Paris. Too much publicity now at- the traffic and locomotive depart- to aviation progress and who taches to these divorces, whereas ments have also been discharged

watched with bitter sprrow while life after life was lost as a result, "Jim" Dole, as he is known throughout the country, is bowed by the tragedy for which he can not but hold himself responsible however in cently. But he is sttriving to take a sagne attitude on the situation..

Hope for Future. Interviewed to-day, he once more expressed the greatest regret over the tragic circumstances surround- ing the flight contest, but said al- though the present stage of avia- tion development had allowed loss of life in this instance, he wished to reiterate his belief that further development of aviation will at an early date make trans-Pacific com- mercial flying safe.

"I will try to forget the lament- able things that have happened," he concluded.

Flowers to Ship.

divorce.

the absence of publicity was usual- from the service.

According to the Director, ly a primary reason for an Ameri-

been a monthly saving has thus woman seeking

effected for the administration, of can man or divorce in the French capital

General Chang, American lawyers who specialize about $75,000. in Paris divorces have been worried however, is still not satisfied be about this state of affairs for some cause he wants a retrenchment of time, and a movement has now been $100,000 a month. Hence further started to favour the tribunal at dismissals are expected shortly. Pontoise, a sleepy little town near Paris, with the American separa- tions.

A Paris publication describes as follows how Pontoise has welcomed the new industry:

"Pontoise quickly capitulated un- der an Intensive bombardment of dollars. Hurrah! Hurrah! divorces it will at Pontoise."-United Press.

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Washington, Sept. 4.

France was just a little frightened of both American men and womer.

Mayor Rolph's official proclama- "Americans are good-looking, tion requests that citizens of San strong men" she said. "They al Francisco send flowers to the steam- ways go around in shirt-sleeves, ship "Maul," of the Matson Naviga- with always a cigar in their mouth tion Company, some time prior to and a flask of whisky in their. re-its departure for Honolulu on Sep volver pocket.

"The women are painted in three services will be conducted.

tember 14, when brief memorial colours-the face white, cheeks red and eyelids blue. They are always the flowers on the surface of the Officers of the "Maui" will strew while under the American flag in automobiles, little green automo-Pacific when the chip is 600 miles ernmental problems.

where they remain very well would be subject to opposition in bathing suits until ein Yer wut out from the Golden Gate.-United

and objection in this country.

No

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above.

shirts shorter than we do. As they stand up, their skirts fall their knees, and when they sit down their skirts mount much higher.

Press.

RUM TRADE.

LEAGUE EXPECTED TO CONSIDER SMUGGLING.

"Sometimes when the men have put little too much whisky in their famillar, but upon a little warning ginger ale, they become a little they again become very correct." could Mademoiselle Cussey said she threw over A movie contract of $300 a week because she became

for Franec. United 1 to-day.

Chameleon Admiral,

"I agree with the American everyone a kind, lively and ener- Nobody now hears of Admiral people that the political struc-getic, And neither sex is afraid of

anything.

"The American Wen Shou-teh, but he will al-ture of their government is far ways be remembered as "The superior to any other system of government known at present. Chameleon Admiral. The day The parliamentary system of before yesterday he belonged to the North, yesterday to the South government is very unstable. We have a practical illustration and to-day again to the North of its failure in Ireland, where Nobody could ever essay a guessin less than five months there as to whom he would belong to will be held two elections. on the morrrow. Moreover, he had constructive programme extraordinary theories in regard be executed in the midst of con- to the financing of his squadron. tinual political agitation, for it First, he would demand money is natural political parties, es from the treasury of the Kiao-pecially the one in the minority, tsi Railway, and he did get away will strive to turn down. the with one contribution before the majority, and to accomplish this Japanese put a stop to it. Then requires agitation and public he would simply inform the

opinion."Associated Press. Tsingtao Chamber of Commerce that he needed such a sum, and invariably the Chamber took the hint.

Bingham at Rapid City.

homesick

Press.

MYSTERY FIRE.

صيه

Fire of undetermined origin burned the commercial section of Aparri at 2 o'clock last Friday Rapid City, S.D., Sept. 3.

"Manila morning reports the Oh, yes! Admiral Wen was

Bulletin," reducing to ashes the The Cor'idges were given a municipal presidencia, eight strong a great financier in his time farewell lawn party by their material buildings and many small and he still probably is, though, neighbours at the game lodge ones, according to a constabulary

Hundreds of report as already said, no one hears of this afternoon.

from Captain Alberto him these days.

were He may not callers

present. Mrs. Ramos, provincial commander of have had the best squadron in Coolidge ate ice cream with the Cagayan, The damage was esti- the Orient but he certainly had guests.

mated at more than P1,000,000.-

The townspeople, assisted by the

Lack of fire fighting apparatus and children extinguished the flames. the strong wind which fanned the blaze were responsible for the spread of the fire.

the best racing stable in Tsing-

Senator Hiram Bingham was

STRANGE APPARITION.

STIRS ITALIAN SCIENTISTS AND CHURCHMEN,

Altino, Aug. 17. The strange case of the un- explainable apparition here, ofj an image of "Our Lady of Sor- rows" has begun to interest both scientists and the Church. Dis- cussion arrays itself between Christian miracle and mass Bug-

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It is generally expected here that gestion, with psychologists and some Congressional group will en- prelates entering the contro- deavour to ascertain the strength of veray. sentiment in the Philippines fol By an oak-tree in the field of autonomy in the near future, and a certain farmer Cesare Ricci, ing out a solution of Filipine Gov-ing in size from two and a half will take up, the problem of work- a vision of the Madonna, vary-

ever, that sure has not been any and vouched for by a number of UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS

Insular Bureau officials say, how-to five square feet has been seen exchange of communications be- responsible persons,

tween Manila and Washington re- The image of the Madonna garding the project of a "semi-par- was first perceived by two little | lamenttary insular government" as girls of Altino, Firminia and reported in Manila Press dispatches, Dena Draccia, and then later by In some quarters it is believed their parents. Subsequently, a that some such plan is developing number of villagers declared Among Filipino, politicians in

Manila but all quarters unite in they had seen the vision, which' declaring that such a scheme has took the form of a luminous, not received official attention. image or picture of "Our Lady| United Press.

of Sorrows," suspended in the air at a distance of a couple of) feet from the tree.

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Geneva, Sept. 6. Rum running into the United States was looked upon as likely to become one of the foremost sub- jects of consideration as the League of Nations Assembly opened here

The delegations from Finland, Holland and Sweden have urged that alcoholism be officially placed on the agenda. Many Americans ed near Ciudad Real, and has con- phenomenon. are present as observers.

Alberton Guans, the Uruguan Minister to France, to-day was elected president of the assembly.

Forty-eight countries were repre- sented at to-day's session, most of which was taken up with the elec- tion of officers. It was a picturesque human skin was visible. scene, as nearly every hue of

A Bavarian who gives the name ciano, scientists have set them- of Carlos von Arco has been arrest-selves to explain the curious

fessed that it was he who assas- Convinced that some one was sinated Kurt Elsner, the President trying to mystify the people of of the Bavarian Republic, in Feb- the countryside with an optical ruary, 1919.

trick, the court official visited

Arco has been living with a dóc-

tor since August of last year. He the "miraculous" tree himself in gave out that he was a baron, and company with his wife. that during the war he had been a

"While I was laughing with

pilot and had brought down. 68 my wife," stated the Advocate Native Allied aeroplanes. The doctor be- Consalvo, "at the credulity of costumes were missing, however. gan to have doubts and applied to the peasants, I saw quite detach- For the first time in the history the police for information about his ed from the tree, an image of of the League, the President was guest. The police discovered that the Madonna. The image bore not dressed in formal morning he had deserted from the Spanish clothes. Instead, he wore a plain Foreign Legion and had twice been necklace hung from the neck. a diadem on its head, and a

as the day was warm.

that he would be sent back to address by President Villegas, of he would kill himself rather than We changed our position, but the The assembly was opened with an Bavaria, it is alleged that he asid the vision at the same moment. the League Council Associated go and then confessed that he had image remained. We eut away

Killed Eisner.

the leaves of the tree behind it, but it did not vanish."

tao, and he had the best cellar, among the week-end guests. He constabulary, the police and schoolblue sack coat without waletcoat, arrested for swindling. When told My wife, as well as Dr. Pace saw

and the beat....but why make is expected to express his views the admiral sore?

to the president regarding the Every time the Northern Fleet Far East and the Philippines. steams out of Chefoo, the natives Associated Press.

would give a sigh, probably hop- ing that it would either get blown to perdition or captured by the Japanese Navy on behalf of Japanese docks to which the Northern Fleet has been owing money these past, eleven years! But it would invariably turn up at Tsingtao. And every time steams out of Tsingtao, the good people there hope pretty nearly the thing but it has that per- sistencce and knack of steaming back into. Chefoo that are worthy of a better cause.

Fair-Weather Ships..

"It is the 'good luck fleet,*"* aaid a local Chinese business man to the writer. the other day, "because it, has never yet eri- countered, stormy weather!",

The sore thing about the Northern Fleet, according to the good people of Shantung, is that whereas the generals and quasi- generals have at last put up some kind of fight at one time or other thereby risking their necks for the purpose of pre- serving their faces," the fleet has consistently refused to do any fighting, either with the Southern Squadron or against the bandits at Halchow, only 110 miles from Tsingtao.

So much for the Northern Navy"N. C. Daily News.

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In view of this evidencee, local scientists have investigated the phenomenon, declaring them- selves in general of the opinion] that the case is one of collective or mass suggestion.

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But against this verdict is to opposed the opinion of the psychiatrist, Commendatore Pietro D'Ovidio of Lanicano, who has declared that he has seen the image himself. He denies absolutely that the case is one of auto-suggestion.

The Church authorities, al- ways extremely careful. in such cases, do not encourage the people to speak of a "miracle.". The owner of the dak-tree, an- noyed at the assembly of curious aight-seers, trampling over his fields and ruining the crops, sought to cut down the tree, but on climbing into the branches to attach a rope to the trunk, he fell to the ground and broke his arm, thereby only, convincing the pea sants more than ever of the sacred nature of the tree. sezo The phenomenon is to be fur- ther examined by a committee of scientists, and psychologists:

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